MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medtronic Foundation and Take Heart Minnesota™ today announced a comprehensive statewide initiative, the first in the nation, designed to increase sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) survival rates. SCA is a condition in which the heart abruptly stops without warning. More than 4,500 cases of SCA were reported in Minnesota in 2008, an average of 12.5 incidences per day. In St. Cloud and Anoka County, two communities participating in pilot programs, survival rates jumped from 9.3 percent to 17 percent in just two years.
